November 2015 Babies

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Fell...on stomach

sunnybluebird7 wrote:

I tripped over the baby gate and fell, in slow motion, onto my hardwood floor. I caught myself somewhat before hitting the floor, but I did hit my belly. I immediately rolled over and felt for the baby. He started moving as normal after I poked at him. Plus, I checked his heart rate with doppler and it was normal. I havent had any pain at all in my stomach and he's moving as normal. Has anyone fallen into their bellies?? It was scary for a few minutes.

I haven't personally fallen while pregnant, but my friend has and even though there's no signs you should go see if everything is ok my friend didn't have anything physically but it causes her to go into preterm labor the day after.

At our newborn class they told us to call our docs with any fall because it can cause the placenta to pull away from the uterus, so it might be worth checking in.

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shamrockamy

Yeah, definitely call. In previous pregnancies, i was pregnant during the winter and ice and the OB said to always call with a fall just to doublecheck.

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sunnybluebird7

Thanks gals. I'll call my nurse on call and see what she says. I've had no bleeding, no contractions, nothing out of the ordinary at all. It didn't even hurt when I hit. I'll definitely check with her and follow her orders

I fell playing baseball with kids .. Was running to first and was total slow motion fall .. I got my hands down and fell on my stomach. Right away I felt baby move, felt her all night, just emailed my dr to let her know and she wanted me to come in, get stress test and check to make sure all was good - which it was .. But think you should call/go in just be on the safe side. I too had no bleeding or cramping.

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elizabeth283

Yes, I fell with my last pregnancy at 32 weeks. It was awful. I tore my MCL and couldn't walk for a week. Then in a brace forever.

But, you need to be checked out! You can have complications from a fall and not know. Especially if you fell on your belly. They will probably want to monitor you in L&D for a couple hours.

I did! Was trying to kill a bug and totally took a dive like I was running to home base in baseball. I went and got checked out even though baby was kicking and no bleeding. I was having contractions 3-4 min apart. They had to give me a shot to get them to stop. Wouldn't hurt just to get checked out for a peace of mind. :)

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sunnybluebird7

You girls talked me into it. I called my nurse and she wanted me monitored. I went to L & D and they hooked me up. Baby was moving fine and heartrate was great. Then they came in and asked if I were feeling the contractions that I was having every 3-5 mins...I said no. I had had a couple, but nothing out of the ordinary for me, especially at night. So Dr wanted nurse to check my cervix. Good news...no dilation and a thick cervix, so no time soon will this little man make an appearance. Thanks for the advice! I'm glad I followed it.

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